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  2. A Chinese Squadron.

    The Herald of Tuesday says: The visit of a Chinese squadron to Sydney would undoubtedly be a novelty. Such an event has been mooted, but the Chinese, like the Turks, are not much ...

    Article : 238 words
  3. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

    SIR,—I have been greatly amused lately by reading your Blackville Correspondent's reply to "Fair Play," and I may also add greatly surprised that such personal remarks are allowed to appear in ...

    Article : 535 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 483 words
  5. The Bishop of Oxford on Lux Mundi.

    The Bishop of Oxford (Dr. Stubbs) commenced his primary visitation of the diocese on June 4 in the Cathedral, Christchurch, and it was attended by a very large number of the clergy. This age ...

    Article : 648 words
  6. He Wanted a Fighting Reporter.

    Several years before the the war, and before there were any railroads in Arkansaw, when the Whigs and Democrats were ever ready to go down to the sand bar and burn powder for the sake of ...

    Article : 1,041 words
  7. The Secret of a Long Life.

    You sometimes see a woman whose old age is as exquisite as was the perfect bloom of her youth. She seems condensed sweetness and grace. You wonder how this has come about; you wonder how ...

    Article : 243 words
  8. Sydney Commercial Intelligence.

    In the import markets on Monday there was a moderate business. The demand for breadstuffs was restricted. As the latest London news before the break of the cable was to the effect that the ...

    Article : 496 words
  9. The Extraction of Gold from Ore.

    Mr. Molloy, M.P., who has lately paid a visit to Australia, has recently patented an ingenious invention for the extraction of gold from ore, in which electricity is a chief factor. By his ...

    Article : 452 words
  10. YOUR BLACKVILLE CORRESPONDENT AND HIS SOPHISTRY.

    SIR,—In your issue of the 12th inst a letter appears from someone signing himself "Your Blackville Correspondent," attempting (but failing, miserably) to refute mine of the 1st inst. For ...

    Article : 478 words
  11. A Strange Story.

    A strange story of a Florida mayor is being told in the American papers. The candidate for the mayoralty of Cedar Keys, in Florida, informed the leading citizens frankly that if he did not make a ...

    Article : 308 words
  12. The Spider and the Fish.

    The physical powers of the Lycoside, the popular running, ground, or wolf spiders, are well illustrated by an instance recorded in the proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, ...

    Article : 363 words
  13. Victimising the Shopkeeper.

    In the course of an article by Mrs. Aria, on "How Women Shop," in the June number of the Woman's World, we are told of the hollowness of the excuses which ladies make for not buying ...

    Article : 544 words
  14. Singleton Markets.

    Wheat, per bushel, 8s to 3s 3d; maize, ditt[?], 2a 3d to 2s 6d; hay, lucerne, per ton,£2 5s to £2 15s; ditto, wheaten and oaten, ditto, £3 10s to £4; potatoes, per cwt., 5s to 6s; onions, ditto, ...

    Article : 294 words
  15. ORANGE CELEBRATION AT E. MAITLAND.

    SIR,—Some of the remarks passed at the above were amusing. Here is a specimen. The Rev. W. Hill is reported in Tuesday's Mercury as saying: "He thought the best friends of Roman Catholics ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. Official Correspondence.

    Mr. R. Stevenson, M.L.A. for Wollombi, having received the following communication from the Works Department, we print contents for the information of our readers:— ...

    Article : 148 words
  17. One of Nature's Wonders.

    The natural soap mines of Owens Lake, Cal., are thus accounted for by one of the Company now working them. He says that the waters of the lake contain a strong solution of borax and soda. In these ...

    Article : 194 words
  18. LOCAL POLITICS.

    SIR,—Conflicting rumours are abroad as to the resignation of the hon. member for West Maitland. The metropolitan press informs the electors a local gentleman has definitely settled to contest the ...

    Article : 113 words
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